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. 2015;2(1):e502.
doi: 10.14800/rd.502.

The regulation of the p53/MDM2 feedback loop by microRNAs

Cen Zhang  1 , Juan Liu  1 , Xiaolong Wang  1 , Zhaohui Feng  1
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The regulation of the p53/MDM2 feedback loop by microRNAs

Cen Zhang et al. RNA Dis. 2015.

Abstract

Tumor suppressor p53 and its signaling pathway play a central role in tumor prevention. The E3 ubiquitin ligase MDM2, which is a direct p53 transcriptional target and also the most critical negative regulator of p53, forms an autoregulatory negative feedback loop with p53 in the cell to tightly regulate the levels and activity of p53. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenously expressed small non-coding RNAs that play a critical role in the post-translational regulation of gene expression. Recent studies have revealed that miRNAs directly regulate the levels of p53 or MDM2 to modulate the p53 function in tumor suppression. Recently, we identified miR-339-5p as a new miRNA that directly represses MDM2 to activate p53 and enhance p53 function in tumor suppression. Thus, miRNAs have become a new but important component of the p53 signaling pathway through regulating the p53/MDM2 feedback loop.

Keywords: MDM2; microRNA; p53; tumor.

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